Dreer^s Garden Calendar. 51 



Per packet. 

 CLARKIA. An old and favorite plant, growing freely in any garden 

 soil and producing cheerful-looking flowers; H ft. 



Single Mixed Varieties 5 



Double Mixed Varieties 5 



CLEOME GRANDIFLOliA {Spider Plant). Rose-colored flowers.. 5 

 COCKSCOMB {Gelosin. Cristnta). Ornamental, curious-looking 

 flowers ; well-known favorites, selected from fine combs for size 

 and brilliant colors; half-hardy ; 1 ft. 

 Variegated {Gold with Crimson Variegated Cockscomb). 

 Magnificent; heads variegated with crimson, orange, green, 

 shaded and striped ; the golden yellow and deep crimson are of 



the most brilliant hues, the variegation is distinctly marked 10 



Dwarf Crimson. Large velvet-like combs 10 



Yellow. Rose. Mixed each 5 



COMMELINA CCELESTIS. A tuberous-rooted, free-blooming 

 and very pretty plant, with rich blue flowers ; the roots can be 



preserved like Dahlias; half-hardy perennial; H ft 5 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR {Dwarf Morning Glory). Showy, free- 

 flowering, rich colored handsome plants, producing, in beds 

 and mixed borders, an unusually brilliant eflect; 1 ft. 



Splendens. Violet, with white centre 5 



Tricolor. Violet purple, with white centre 5 



White. Striped Blue, striped with white each 5 



Tricolor Flore-Pleno. Double showy flowers 10 



Cantabricus. Rosy purple, beautiful trailer, for hanging-bas- 

 kets, or for a bedding plant; hardy perennial 20 



Mauritanious. Beautiful trailer for hanging-baskets and vases, 



producing numerous blue flowers; half-hardy perennial 20 



CYANUS {Blue Bottle). Ornamental plants for shrubberies and 

 borders, useful for cut flowers ; growing in any garden soil ; 



li ft. ; mixed colors. , 5 



CYTISUS LABURNUM {Golden Chain). A hardy shrub or tree, 



with long racemes of golden yellow flowers 10 



DAISY {Beilis Percnnis). A favorite plant for beds or pot-culture; 



finest double mixed varieties ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 in 20 



DAHLIA {Large flowered). Half-hardy perennials; blooming the 

 first year from seed ; protect the roots from frost during the 



winter; saved from fine double varieties; mixed 20 



Small-flowered {Bouquet or Liliputian). Saved from choice 



double varieties; mixed 20 



DATURA. An ornamental class of plants ; in large clumps and 

 borders of shrubbery they produce an excellent effect ; flowering 

 the first year from seed ; can be preserved in sand during the 

 winter, in a dry cellar; half-hardy perennials. 



Atroviolacea Plenissima. Flowers dark violet; 4h ft 10 



Fastuosa Huberiana. Superb large double lilac flowers, inner 



})arts almost pure white; 5 ft 10 



HuMULis. Large double-drooping flowers, of a rich Nankeen 



yellow; delightfully fragrant; 2 ft 10 



Wrighti {Meteloid.es). White, bordered with blue; 2 ft.. 10 



DELPHINIUM. One of our most showy and useful plants, pro- 

 ducing splendid spikes of flowers in profusion ; if sown early, 

 they will bloom the first year from seed; hardy perennials; 2 

 ft. For annual varieties, see Larkspurs, i)age 54. 



FORMOSUM. Spikes of brilliant blue flowers 10 



Nudicaule. Dwarf compact growth, with abundant loose 



spikes of dazzling scarlet flowers 2£ 



Sinensis PuMiLUM Cceruleum. Chinese dwarf, azure blue 10 



For Seeds of Ornamental Grasses, see page 72. 



